Every autumn, on the steep streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a local bike race is held that is not quite like any other. Called The Dirty Dozen, the race was founded in 1983 by Danny Chew, a former Pro Road Racer who has twice won the Race Across...
“Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate, and though I oft have passed them by, a day will come at last when I shall take the hidden paths that run west of the moon, east of the sun”Frodo Curiosity. This, right here, is w...
Happy Tuesday and welcome back to Tuesday Chat with Team Strava! Our aim with this series is to give you an exclusive glimpse into all things Strava that you normally wouldn’t find elsewhere and to open up discussions with all of you strivers! The se...
Although not as old or iconic as the Boston Marathon, the New York City Marathon has grown to be the biggest marathon in the world with more than 53,000 Finishers in 2019. The inaugural race, held in 1970, consisted of multiple laps around Manhatta...
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Tuesday Chat with Team Strava! Let’s start by harkening back to 2009, the year Strava was founded. At the very beginning, we supported one activity type, (cycling), and one device type (Garmin). If you ...
Who invented Segments? Long before Strava existed, cyclists were talking about their fastest times up iconic climbs. We all know “if it’s not on Strava, it didn’t happen”, so how did segments originate? They were invented by one of Strava’s co-found...
The idea of Strava was first conceived of in the mid 1990s, by our co-founders Michael Horvath and Mark Gainey, but it wasn’t until 2009 that they officially founded Strava as a website for cyclists to map their rides. We’ve come a long way since the...
Hello Community Members, We’re excited to announce that starting next week, Tuesday October 4th, we’ll be starting a weekly series: Tuesday Chat with Team Strava. Tune in every Tuesday for interesting and fun topics, some trivia questions, and a cha...
